The remains of another Israeli hostage handed over by Hamas have been identified as those of Eliyahu Margalit, officials said.
The identification came as the Palestinian militant group looks for more bodies under the rubble in the Gaza Strip and calls for more aid to be allowed into the embattled enclave.
Israel’s prime minister’s office said on Saturday that Mr Margalit’s body was identified after testing by the National Centre for Forensic Medicine and his family has been notified.
The 76-year-old was abducted on October 7th, 2023 from the horse stables where he worked in Kibbutz Nir Oz
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